Yes, that will work. You can install the Live CD directly onto the USB key (1+ GB preferably).
USB gOS Persistent install via Live CD: 1.Download the gOS ISO and burn to a CD 2.Reboot your PC from the gOS Live CD 3.Insert your USB flash drive 4.Left click on the desktop and select Run Command from the options. Then type xterm and press enter to launch the gOS terminal 5.Type sudo su (to become root) 6.Type apt-get update 7.Type apt-get install syslinux mtools 8.Now type fdisk -l to list available drives/partitions (note which device is your flash drive Example: /dev/sdb). Throughout this tutorial, replace all instances of x with your flash drive letter. For example, if your flash drive is sdb, replace x with b. 9.Type fdisk /dev/sdx type p to show the existing partition and d to delete it type p again to show any remaining partitions (if partitions exist, repeat the previous step) type n to make a new partition type p for primary partition type 1 to make this the first partition hit enter to use the default 1st cylinder type +750M to set the partition size type a to make this partition active type 1 to select partition 1 type t to change the partition filesystem type 6 to select the fat16 file system type n to make another new partition type p for primary partition type 2 to make this the second partition hit enter to use the default cylinder hit enter again to use the default last cylinder type w to write the new partition table 10.Type mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n gOS /dev/sdx1 to format the first partition 11.Type mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdx2 to format the second partition 12.Remove and re-insert your flash drive 13.Type mkdir /media/gOS 14.Type mount /dev/sdx1 /media/gOS 15.Type syslinux -sf /dev/sdx1 16.Type cd /cdrom 17.Type cp -rfv casper dists install pics pool preseed .disk isolinux/ * md5sum.txt README casper/vmlinuz /media/gOS 18.Type cd /media/gOS 19.Type wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/gOS/syslinux.cfg 20.Reboot your computer and set your BIOS boot priority or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device. Save your changes and proceed to boot from the USB device > Taken from gOS to USB install tutorial from pendrivelinux.com On Dec 6, 2:00 pm, "Rick Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've not tried this but perhaps copy the Live CD to USB disk and ensure that > boot from USB is enabled in the Bios could work? > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:28 AM, BenAdamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > That would be awesome. I've been thinking about this for a while and > > you may be able to do something like this: > >http://www.pendrivelinux.com > > Somebody with a bit more knowledge on this particular topic may help > > more, as I am just beginning to program. > > -- > Regards > > Rick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
